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Oh dear - I need to clear something up re the pink salad servers!!! I mentioned that I had seen the dessert bowls on ebay which came with matching salad servers and I bid for the lot but lost. I am keeping a lookout for another set, but only out of interest . . not to buy, yet anyway. So Rosie and Sue, please don't waste your energies looking for pink salad servers for me!!!! Whew! (and I am female but not sure about the lady bit Sue!)

Back to the glass box thingy - Flying Free asked about the pattern matching or not when both halves are set on their rims. The answer is the pattern is the same on each ie not mirror images. I wonder why you asked?

Rosie - many thanks for the offer of the crystal servers. I'm sending you a pm.

Re my theory that the glass box thingy might be a 'graduation' piece, if such things do indeed exist, any thoughts? Is there anything about this piece that might reveal when it might have been made? Would it have been difficult to make?

Both have their designs on the outside rather than the inside though. Interesting to note though that the blogger comments that the Lalique box seems to serve no practical purpose - just a pretty object.

Bump! I was thinking that if, as appears likely, this was made in a mould (same mould for each half as they are identical except for joining rims), surely more must have been produced ie, what a waste of time and effort in making a mould for just one finished piece? Which would lead me to think that there are other examples out there somewhere! Here's hoping . . .

I'm glad you have bumped this piece!!I've been racking my brains over this piece as well....probably because I like it so much........I never stop looking until an attribution is given, so we will find it Nancy, it is just a more elusive piece!!

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Rosie.

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